Karen59CortlandOhio

Ohio citizens have clearly determined, by large margins, in multiple polling, that they wanted this bill to pass.

Senator Portman doesn't care what the citizens want, because he needs his special interest money for the next election.

Solution - replace Senator Portman with someone who does listen to Ohio's voters. Then he and Kasich, who will also be out of a job soon, can go play golf all the time - they're both rich enough to retire and neither of them have done anything positive for our state.

ItIsntEasyBeingFree

jtoday

We have the best armed criminals in the world because we have always had very liberal gun laws. We also have the fattest people in the world because we have the most access to the most food of any nation.

RobinJ

Anyone that thinks 'tougher' gun laws will equate to less crimes committed with guns is absolutely silly! The strictest gun laws in the country have failed 3 of the largest population centers!! Furthermore, what criminals actually obey laws much less gun control laws? Wake up folks!! The best armed people in America are the felons!

RobinJ

From US News and World Report ... "The districts that contain Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City ranked last in terms of federal gun law enforcement in 2012, according to a new report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks federal data."

"The districts of Eastern New York, Central California, and Northern Illinois ranked 88th, 89th and 90th, respectively, out of 90 districts, in prosecutions of federal weapons crimes per capita last year, but it wasn't always this way. All three districts fell "

Anyone that thinks 'tougher' gun laws will equate to less crimes committed with guns is absolutely silly! The strictest gun laws in the country have failed 2 of the largest population centers!! Furthermore, what criminals actually obey laws much less gun control laws? Wake up folks!! The best armed people in America are the